I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles, government debt is the highest it's ever been and the cost ofliving is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels! Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! The energy industry has pushed
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:10:56 -0700 (PDT), John Bowesof living is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels! Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! The energy industry has
<bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles, government debt is the highest it's ever been and the cost
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...So it is a bit more challenging now for National and Luxon to get
themselves into Government. Over the last few weeks Labour have
benefited from 2 cyclones - this gets the PM into the news without any
other pollies being mentioned. This will fade. As with Ardern,
Hipkins does not do popular dissent well. To really do battle over
policies he is passionate about requires him to get angry and we saw
with Little where this can lead to.
National need to get Luxon into the news reports, reminding us that
only they can repeal 3-waters legislation (ie all of it) with other
positive and popular policy solutions.
--
Crash McBash
On Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 12:18:34 UTC+13, Crash wrote:of living is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels! Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! The energy industry has
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:10:56 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
<bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles, government debt is the highest it's ever been and the cost
So it is a bit more challenging now for National and Luxon to get
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...
themselves into Government. Over the last few weeks Labour have
benefited from 2 cyclones - this gets the PM into the news without any
other pollies being mentioned. This will fade. As with Ardern,
Hipkins does not do popular dissent well. To really do battle over
policies he is passionate about requires him to get angry and we saw
with Little where this can lead to.
National need to get Luxon into the news reports, reminding us that
only they can repeal 3-waters legislation (ie all of it) with other
positive and popular policy solutions.
--
Crash McBash
The "rally around the flag" bounce from the Cyclone won't last that long. A couple of months of Labour being useless managing the cleanup along with the cost of living, health, education and crime crises will destroy them in the election.
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:23:40 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>cost of living is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels! Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! The energy industry
wrote:
On Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 12:18:34 UTC+13, Crash wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:10:56 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
<bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles, government debt is the highest it's ever been and the
So it is a bit more challenging now for National and Luxon to get
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...
themselves into Government. Over the last few weeks Labour have
benefited from 2 cyclones - this gets the PM into the news without any
other pollies being mentioned. This will fade. As with Ardern,
Hipkins does not do popular dissent well. To really do battle over
policies he is passionate about requires him to get angry and we saw
with Little where this can lead to.
National need to get Luxon into the news reports, reminding us that
only they can repeal 3-waters legislation (ie all of it) with other
positive and popular policy solutions.
--
Crash McBash
The "rally around the flag" bounce from the Cyclone won't last that long. A couple of months of Labour being useless managing the cleanup along with the cost of living, health, education and crime crises will destroy them in the election.
I hope your right. Significant by its absence in the Monday
announcements is 3-waters. Only National/Act can repeal that.
I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles, government debt is the highest it's ever been and the cost ofliving is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels! Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! The energy industry has pushed
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...
I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles,https://twitter.com/cjsbishop/status/1634421053912121345?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D
government debt is the highest it's ever beenNo, undr National it was a higher percentage of GDP . . .
and the cost of living is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels!No it is not, but also NZ has lower inflation than many other
Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! Which given Covid and now Cyclone Gabrielle they will need every bitof . . .
The energy industry has pushed up the cost of energy for no known reason,The reasons are very well known - National part-sold them to be
their profits are feeding the governments spendthrift ways. Oh and almost everything is supposedly affected by climate change!!!No spendthrift ways - you complain about things they are not spending
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:10:56 -0700 (PDT), John Bowesof living is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels! Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! The energy industry has
<bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles, government debt is the highest it's ever been and the cost
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...Did You Know (Facts not conveyed by NZ media)
To qualify for Nationals 54K ECE rebate, you must first pay 516K in
total fees (per child).
Ram Raids have reduced 75% in 2023, and were not every 15 hours since
a peak in mid 2022.
Consultant spending is actually declining from a Covid related peak,
and is otherwise comparable to global values.
14,000 more bureaucrats and consultants are due to increased
infrastructure builds in Health, Education, Transport and IT.
The OCR is actually 0.25% less than what was forecasted.
NZ Inflation is (significantly) less than our major OECD partners.
NZ Debt is Less than our OECD partners and comparable sized countries.
Our export earnings are at record highs,
We now have inaugural PTA's with EU & UK that will boost trade even
further.
Esk Valley protest meetings were co-ordinated by a Conservative Party campaign chair.
Hamilton election Ram Raid and Sandringham Dairy saga's were
championed by a Rosetted National Party campaigner.
NZ is a top GDP performer pre & post Covid — because we protected our people and workforce.
Unemployment remains at near record lows despite minimum wage
increases.
Overall wages have kept up with inflation, and were also ahead
pre-Covid.
and then there is this: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/14/poll-labour-could-lead-coalition-govt-luxon-slumps-in-pm-ratings/
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:10:56 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
<bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
I had to laugh at a couple of convenient idiots on Twitter who were claiming this! They ignore the fact that housing is still shocking (KiwiBuild a total failure). Health is still a shambles,https://twitter.com/cjsbishop/status/1634421053912121345?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D
government debt is the highest it's ever beenNo, undr National it was a higher percentage of GDP . . .
and the cost of living is becoming unaffordable for many and not just those on the bottom rung of the socio economic ladder because inflation is at record levels!No it is not, but also NZ has lower inflation than many other
countries
Union action for pay is high and the government is making record tax takes!! Which given Covid and now Cyclone Gabrielle they will need every bitof . . .
The energy industry has pushed up the cost of energy for no known reason, The reasons are very well known - National part-sold them to beoperated as private companies. Maximising profit is what they ar
supposed to do. Do you accept that National got it wrong?
their profits are feeding the governments spendthrift ways. Oh and almost everything is supposedly affected by climate change!!!No spendthrift ways - you complain about things they are not spending
money on!
Yet the polls show that New Zealand wants a Labour/Green/Paorangi party to put the screws on us! The country needs mental health help if that holds out...Well it is a fact - get used to it to John!
I do feel a bit sorry for Luxon though - the previous poll showed that
he had improved his personal popularity - there were nearly as many
who thought he was doing OK as those who thought he wasn't! Now he
seems to have lost it again - perhaps going back to promising tax cuts didn''t ggo down as well as he had been told it would . . .
Chris Bishop is getting the message: https://twitter.com/cjsbishop/status/1634421053912121345?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&
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